[ROVERNET - UK] P6B - Removing rear brakes

[Ray Wilkins]

Thank you to everyone who responded to my initial post of many weeks ago. I
have finally got around to start and decided to go with Paul Smith's advice
and disconnect the half shafts so I can get more room. I won't drop the diff
as space is very limited.

My question is this; does anyone have good ideas for ways to stop the disc
from revolving so I can remove the holding bolts. I notice from the Manual
these bolts are tightened to 85 lb ft!! This will make it even harder to
remove.

All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Ray Wilkins
1976 P6B
Melbourne Australia




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[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] On Behalf Of peter king
Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2007 3:20 AM
To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] P6B - Removing rear brakes

Hi all.

Just a little late addition to this post...

Vern is right, it's hard to find a thin walled socket. I ground my 1  
1/8" "thin wall socket"  down to half its original thickness on my  
bench grinder, then it did the trick nicely. I did the job without  
dropping the diff. Thanks to all the helpful advice given here, I  
think I'll try dropping it next time, for the fun of it!

Peter

____________

> The manual's method is perfectly sound, except:
> * you do need a thin walled socket. I presume British tools were made
> with more economical use of material than us brutish colonials.
>
> Yours
> Vern

peter king + company
21 drydock avenue
floor 7
boston, ma 02210
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f-617-292-4739
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